Best Cider build
Cider is the puppet duelist from Asterios. Build notes repeat Flying Shredder, Thorn Daggers, Critical Toolbox and Throwable Replicator. Steam posts that rank the cast often put Cider last because the strings are easy to drop. That is a difficulty comment, not a damage chart.
Tools, not a cider drink
Search traffic mixes this hero with apple cider. This page is only the character. The wiki lists Kinetic Gear, Spider Mine, Tinker Blade, Clockwork Marionette, Flying Shredder and Rising Drill. Inspirations include Critical Toolbox, Throwable Replicator, Slice and Dice, Turbo Rotor and Arcana Mastery. The mastery clear is The Puppeteer, which walks through the cult lab and a burned house.
The wiki now lists Flying Shredder as repeated 3.6-damage hits, with all 21 unlikely unless an enemy is against a wall. It is not a guaranteed damage total. If a guide adds a ritual family, it still has to obey the three-family note on the planner.
Questions
Is Cider weak?
Some Steam posts say Cider is the hardest, not that the kit lacks tools. Destructoid does not crown a single weak hero.
Where is the quest?
The Puppeteer page. It is Cider’s story, not a drink recipe.
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Checked 2026-11-07. Applicable public version notes are in the tables above.